Film Industry News
Weekend box office, October 17 - 19
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Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Max Payne - $17,639,849 - 17%, rotten
2. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $11,422,425 - 41%, rotten
3. The Secret Life of Bees - [...]
Best Foreign Language Oscar contenders are in
This year’s Foreign Language Film Oscar entries have been unveiled. A record 67 countries have submitted their best films for consideration.
The Oscar nominations will be announced on January 22 and the winners will be known at the 81st Academy Awards ceremony on February 22.
Here are all the Foreign Language submissions:
Afghanistan - “Opium War,” Siddiq Barmak
Albania [...]
Weekend box office, October 10 – 12
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua - $17,502,077 – 41%, rotten
2. Quarantine - $14,211,321 – 61%, fresh
3. Body of Lies - $12,884,416 – 51%, rotten
4. Eagle Eye - $10,913,762 – 28%, rotten
5. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist - $6,420,474 – 72%, fresh
6. The Express - $4,562,675 [...]
Kristin Scott Thomas, Dustin Hoffman, Josh Brolin to be honoured at Hollywood Film Festival
The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, co-chaired by Paul Haggis and presented by Starz, are pleased to announce honorees who will be recognized for their achievements at the festival’s Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony, which will take place on October 27, 2008, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Academy Award-winning actor [...]
Blade Runner sequel rears its head again
Screenwriter Travis Wright has addressed the rumours about the Blade Runner sequel being in development, rumours he himself started at the Creative Screenwriting special screening of his critically panned summer blockbuster Eagle Eye the other week. At the event, Wright told the audience at the Q&A that he and John Glenn, who co-wrote Eagle Eye, [...]
Weekend box office, October 3 – 5
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua – $29,300,465 – 42%, rotten
2. Eagle Eye – $17,709,817 – 28%, rotten
3. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist – $11,311,751 – 72%, fresh
4. Nights in Rodanthe – $7,368,259 – 27% rotten
5. Appaloosa – $5,050,310 – 76%, fresh
6. Lakeview Terrace – $4,561,227 [...]
Weekend box office, September 26 - 28
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Eagle Eye - $29,150,721 – 28%, rotten
2. Nights in Rodanthe - $13,418,454 – 26%, rotten
3. Lakeview Terrace - $6,966,711 – 42%, rotten
4. Fireproof - $6,804,764 – 63%, fresh
5. Burn After Reading – $6,196,269 – 78%, fresh
6. Igor - $5,383,912 – 29%, rotten
7. My Best [...]
Empire names 500 Greatest Movies of All Time
Empire magazine has posted the list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Empire Strikes Back took the first three spots, while the usual number one, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, ended up in the 28th place.
Empire polled 150 film directors, 50 critics and more than 10,000 [...]
Johnny Depp signs on for Alice in Wonderland
Johnny Depp will reunite with Tim Burton yet again to play the Mad Hatter in Burton’s upcoming Disney flick Alice in Wonderland. He was confirmed for the part earlier today at the Walt Disney Studio Showcase in Hollywood.
Burton signed a deal to direct Alice last November and the movie is currently in pre-production.
Mia Wasikowska, 18-year-old [...]
Weekend box office, September 19 -21
Here are the top 10 movies at the box office this weekend and their ratings on Rotten Tomatoes:
1. Lakeview Terrace – $15,004,672 – 40%, rotten
2. Burn After Reading – $11,028,257 – 79%, fresh
3. My Best Friend’s Girl – $8,265,357 – 8%, rotten
4. Igor – $7,803,347 – 28%, rotten
5. Righteous Kill – $7,424,479 – 22%, rotten
6. Tyler Perry’s Family That Preys – [...]
